Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer (Senior)

Redstone Arsenal/Huntsville, AL IPTA's Technology Solutions Team is passionate about providing our customers with technical solutions that satisfy their business needs. Through collaborative interactions with customers, team members, subject matter experts (SMEs), technical leaders, and partners we design practical solutions that solve real problems for major government and business organizations. As a member of our Technology Solutions group, you will work with a team of technologists focused on delivering innovative business solutions using emerging technologies through proven successful methods.

Our Team We are looking for talented people who are enthusiastic about applying technology to deliver innovative outcomes with "fierce determination, fearless integrity, and passionate service." Our belief is that our people are the key to success. By encouraging and enabling continued learning, our team members grow to achieve their personal career goals. We are looking for:

• Smart people with a passion for technology
• Ability to solve challenging business problems
• Self-directed professionals
• Hunger to continually learn and grow

IPTA is looking for great talented people to support the work at the Army Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC). AvMC is the Army's focal point for providing research, development and engineering technology and services for aviation and missile platforms across the life cycle. AvMC's mission is to "deliver collaborative and innovative aviation and missile capabilities for responsive and cost-effective research, development, and life cycle engineering solutions" to equip the Warfighter with the best technology today and tomorrow.

The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for installing, configuring, managing and maintaining virtualized systems to ensure data integrity, availability and security. The selected candidate will work with leadership and the architect team to design a virtualization strategy to meet mission requirements. They will provide technical expertise supporting information systems components, infrastructure integration and maintenance to meet architectural and business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Conduct administration tasks as required including patching, updates, hardening, remediation, and management of virtualization environment
• Responsible for building and maintaining VDI deployments
• Responsible for end-to-end configuration and support of the VDI platform
• Ability to work closely with application owners and support staff to deliver high availability of business-critical applications
• In-depth knowledge of Horizon VDI solutions
• Experience in building and administrating VMware vSphere in a large-scale environment
• Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting, analytical and communication skills
• Customer service-oriented mindset
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior systems administrators

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
• Ten (10) years of prior experience in a similar role
• DoD 8570 Level II/III certification desired
• Active Security Clearance Required

IPTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on individual merit, including qualifications, experience, performance, and business needs, consistent with applicable federal laws and federal contracting requirements. IPTA provides equal opportunity and utilizes merit-based principles to make employment related decisions

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